[0:00] after the sixth grade.
And she might have me come in and
[0:05] I told him you guys could always come in
and just talk to the class about noxious
[0:10] weeds, so I'm on the spot for that.
This coming year, so we'll see what
[0:15] happens, but
it looks um
[0:19] the Camp Creek fire knock on wood, I
keep thinking it's too late in the
[0:24] season that the rain
that's coming this week hopefully will
[0:28] put it out, but it
it'll
[0:31] come out
pretty ferocious if if they don't stop
[0:35] it soon, so
but it's still in the wilderness, so
[0:38] there's nothing you can do and it's um
behaving itself, so
[0:43] » [clears throat]
>> That's it.
[0:46] » Okay, thank you.
>> Rob?
[0:49] » I also got the uh
bugs for knapweed.
[0:54] I got five containers, put them out five
different sites, but it's
[0:59] pretty hard to get to to spray, so see
what happens and uh
[1:05] always always can use more bugs in my
country.
[1:09] There's just a lot of up and down
country you can't get to to spray.
[1:15] Appreciate that, for sure.
>> Do the bugs live over the winter, so you
[1:20] don't have to go back up there next
year?
[1:22] » They stay in the ground, don't they?
>> They burrow down.
[1:24] » What roots?
>> Mhm.
[1:26] » They eat the root system and the old
roots or something, but
[1:29] they will go over winter sometimes. If
there's a really bad winter, then
[1:33] » Yeah, but generally speaking
>> Yep.
[1:39] » That's it.
>> Okay, thank you. Space?
[1:42] » Just
>> Is this
[1:43] » This is usual. I mean, thank you guys.
It's been a a tough week here, for sure.
[1:49] Um
Nothing I need to report.
[1:53] » Okay.
>> Just got a notification that we're
[1:56] supposed to have a severe thunderstorm
warning. Now,
[1:59] » At
>> last one and everything goes down.
[2:01] » [laughter]
[2:04] » Marty,
>> nothing to report?
[2:07] » Okay.
>> So, I see you're on the agenda for the
[2:09] application for the next
>> Yeah, it's time for us to start thinking
[2:13] about whether we want to replace Lilly's
position with another intern
[2:18] and what we would like to have that
intern accomplish
[2:23] while they're with us.
Um my proposal is we go ahead and and
[2:30] bring in another intern and have them
work on following up on the educational
[2:37] programs.
Um Lilly's done a real good job getting
[2:41] stuff started. We actually have momentum
in the community
[2:46] and I think now if we have the right
person, we could actually get more
[2:51] people doing trailhead weed pulls, um
weed pulls around the city, um get more
[2:58] involved with the Boy Scouts so that we
are actually in their planning cycle
[3:04] so that they can start getting weed
pulls done by their troops.
[3:08] So, I'd like to open it up for
discussion so hear what everybody else
[3:12] has to say.
>> Yeah.
[3:15] What what's the cost for the other
intern?
[3:18] » Yeah, it's um 18,500
dollars. Um the application
[3:23] [clears throat] is currently open and I
think they're wanting
[3:27] them by September 18th of this year.
>> So, there's September.
[3:32] » Yeah, there's both the Big Sky Watershed
Corps program that Lilly is through.
[3:36] Um they do offer
other services or other um
[3:40] member positions as well such as interns
which are shorter periods.
[3:45] There's also the I Corps program which
is ran through the Montana State
[3:49] Department of Agriculture.
Um and I believe that one for a
[3:52] full-time member from January through
November
[3:55] is 8,000 or 8,400. Um, or you can hire a
half member um, that's half that cost.
[4:01] Um,
the difference between the programs is
[4:04] that AgriCorps members are not um,
college graduates.
[4:09] Um, but they seem to do all the same
sort of work. We've worked really
[4:13] closely with a few of them this year,
Halley and Brooke. Um, and they're very
[4:19] tenacious individuals as well. Um, so
it's kind of fun to see that there's an
[4:23] alternative program that also works.
They didn't want to go to college and
[4:28] and are like more interested in just
like working and getting that work
[4:31] experience.
Um, their position is a little bit
[4:35] different. Um, you send an application
to Jasmine Shafee um, and a outlining
[4:41] what you would like that person to do
and then they put that position on their
[4:45] website for people to apply to. Um, they
do have
[4:50] a few positions going here for Helena
locally already, but some examples would
[4:54] be like a noxious weed specialist,
that's what they label it as, um, who do
[4:58] like education or outreach. Brooke
currently does mapping uh, invasive
[5:03] species for the state and then works
with landowners that way, whereas Halley
[5:06] does the more education side. Um, so
there are some options there within the
[5:11] program itself, but it just is
dependent on who you'd like to work with
[5:16] through and how much money you would
like to spend with the program.
[5:20] » Okay.
When is the trust fund grants due?
[5:25] » You know?
>> Um,
[5:27] I think
>> Jan.
[5:30] » I'll say January.
[5:36] » I'm just thinking that we should
probably put in a
[5:38] trust fund grant to at least pay for
half of it.
[5:42] If we go through AmeriCorps group like
Who have.
[5:45] » Yeah, we could do.
I think we can afford
[5:49] I mean what's our budget and what's the
county reservation grants and that type
[5:54] of things that they
>> Yeah.
[5:56] So, I guess my only thought on that is
[6:01] the trust fund grant
falls in a weird cuz you start them in
[6:06] you they start in January.
Um
[6:10] » And they don't
>> And so you don't do you don't do the
[6:14] » We don't do the um
>> grant fund hearings until March.
[6:19] And they don't get funding until
April, May.
[6:25] So, it would be like you still have to
do that, but you would have to make sure
[6:29] that you have the money to cover the
costs
[6:32] if you were to get the grant or approve
the grant through the Department of Ag.
[6:36] Then it would you know you'd
reimburse yourself back is essentially
[6:41] what would happen. But I but yeah, don't
we wouldn't want to just totally lean on
[6:46] that to pay for half. We'd still want to
make sure that we budgetarily have the
[6:50] amount to pay for it if we don't get the
grant.
[6:54] So, um
just just just to let everybody know
[6:57] what that's sort of like we're just in
like a that grant is sort of been a
[7:00] weird
place for us in time frame you know cuz
[7:04] like right now we're wanting to look at
doing this and then you go through that
[7:08] process, you hire them in January.
You know, so like you
[7:12] » You set up the process.
>> It's just everything It's just the way
[7:16] just the way the funding
>> It's changed quite a bit over the years.
[7:20] » But it can change back and that's who do
we need to lean on to make it more
[7:25] workable?
If it's not workable, what good is it?
[7:30] » Have to be Department of Ag through the
director's office.
[7:33] » Okay, that's where the change comes
from.
[7:36] » Where the buck lies too. Well, they've
I know that and this is just for like
[7:40] the trust fund grants through the
Department of Ag. They They've Those
[7:44] used to be due in like November.
>> Right.
[7:48] » Which was really hard for weed
coordinators
[7:53] to apply for grants cuz, you know,
they're doing the same thing like what I
[7:56] got going on, you know, you're finishing
up
[7:59] then then all your reporting and then
all your other all your other stuff. So,
[8:04] they tried to move it
move it back so that way you're not
[8:07] messing with federal
federal agreements and grants
[8:12] um
as well. So,
[8:14] trying to give you a little bit of that
time. So, like, you know,
[8:18] November, December you're able to work
on like your trust fund grant. So,
[8:23] to apply for those. So,
um
[8:26] this one would probably be an easier one
to apply for than the ones that I've
[8:31] done before in the past cuz we're we're
looking for help in the pay for
[8:35] educational
>> Right.
[8:37] » person. So, I I don't see it being a
a difficult heavy lift to do that. Yeah,
[8:42] versus trying to get somebody that wants
to do a spray project and we have to do
[8:46] an EA and
>> [laughter]
[8:49] » all that stuff. That becomes a very very
more rigorous process and on that. So,
[8:54] that's that's
fun and stuff, but this one would be a
[8:57] little bit um I would say probably maybe
a little bit simpler just for asking
[9:02] for,
you know, help help educational outreach
[9:05] help.
That kind of thing. So,
[9:08] » So,
honest opinion, which one would you Do
[9:13] you think either one's better than the
other one or
[9:16] » I think they're pretty comparable and
I think it just lies in who you end up
[9:21] selecting for the position. Um I don't
know what the process is working through
[9:27] the Ag Corps program with the Department
of Agriculture. Um
[9:30] if they place the individual for you or
if you have a say in it.
[9:34] » Absolutely. I do.
>> Yeah, side of it. I don't know
[9:37] » Should you want to look into that? Just
to see. Yeah.
[9:40] I mean, if we can
we can do 8,000 versus 18 and kind of
[9:46] get the same product, I'd be fine with
that.
[9:49] But, if it's not going to be the same
apple to apple type thing, then I think
[9:52] we need to
look at what we're doing and see
[9:56] how much money we'll have. Just Just on
my perception of what I've seen them do
[10:01] for the Department of Ag is pretty
impressive.
[10:04] » Yeah.
>> I'm just going to say that right now.
[10:06] They're all very
very active, tenacious as Alex explained
[10:11] it to like they're they do good stuff
and they, you know, they're always
[10:15] reaching out to us. We're We're sort of
lucky we have the ability to do a lot of
[10:19] the things, but, you know, we had emails
that they're going to come out and
[10:24] I mean, they were looking for stuff to
do to map and do all kinds of fun stuff.
[10:27] And so, that's helpful. You know, they
were able to go out and help other
[10:31] counties that didn't have the kind of
resources. You know, not all counties
[10:35] are created equal in that in that
aspect. So, it sound like they did a
[10:39] really good job in helping build a map
weeds and stuff, you know, for whatever
[10:44] person they had hired. So,
anyways.
[10:48] Well, let's take a look, I guess.
Take a look and
[10:52] deep dive into it a little bit more.
Um, well, the watershed
[10:56] » Um, deadline's the 18th of this month.
>> 18th of this
[11:00] » So, if we're going to apply for them, we
pretty much have to do it in the next
[11:03] couple weeks.
>> So, I guess if we applied for it, we're
[11:08] still going to take them a process to
get through it.
[11:11] And if we
[11:14] » Worst case scenario, you could always
resend your application. I think
[11:20] that wouldn't be the end of the world.
It certainly is a a process to
[11:25] go through the whole sites.
[11:30] » Yeah, I guess we should probably go
ahead and start with the application
[11:33] process just to make sure
>> for the next guy version.
[11:37] » Sure.
We
[11:39] end up not using it, we don't use it.
>> Yeah.
[11:42] » We might have to do this sometime, but
>> Do we have a deadline on the Department
[11:46] of Ag grant?
>> There or a person?
[11:49] » All the
>> The Ag Corps.
[11:50] » The Ag Corps, I don't know about I don't
know.
[11:52] » They accept applications on a rolling
basis.
[11:55] » Okay.
>> Yeah. All that sort of things.
[11:58] » It'll help.
>> Mhm. [clears throat]
[11:59] » Okay. Let's do that then and see where
we go.
[12:03] » And we want to keep our focus on
educational and outreach,
[12:08] more community support
um type position where they're spending
[12:14] a lot of time with the organizations
trying to
[12:17] get them active.
[12:20] » I mean, I think you could And Dave, I'm
asking you this.
[12:26] Regardless, we could still put in for
maybe put in for our trust fund grant.
[12:30] » Regardless of
which way
[12:32] » which way you go with it.
>> Exactly.
[12:35] » It'll
hopefully help with costs.
[12:38] » Yeah.
>> So.
[12:39] » Yep.
>> I think I think those would be sort of
[12:42] sort of funny. We'd already sort of have
some of the process already. All the
[12:45] information's sort of gathered just with
the application process with both of
[12:48] them.
>> Sort of like
[12:50] » go through that to get a because those
aren't due until
[12:53] I I it's January something.
>> Yeah, I think so, too.
[12:56] » Yep. Yep.
>> I'm wondering if we ought to just
[12:58] automatically this year plan on applying
for that grant because if we can get one
[13:04] of the Ag Corps people on a rolling
basis,
[13:08] » Yeah.
>> you know, if we have the money, uh we
[13:11] know we can then we can
you know, bring in an $8,000
[13:16] person.
>> Yeah.
[13:17] » I agree with that, I think.
Until the trust fund decides to say no
[13:21] to us, I think we keep doing that and
go that route. See where we go.
[13:26] » But
>> I mean, they don't fund things forever,
[13:28] so.
>> No.
[13:30] » Did you want to talk about
um
[13:33] sharing some um
this person with
[13:37] uh like the uh weed commissioner Montana
NWCP
[13:44] Uh we talked about that just briefly.
>> Yes, so that is an option with Big Sky
[13:48] Watershed Corps. Um given the the cost,
a lot of nonprofits or the conservation
[13:53] district in the past or other
organizations
[13:56] find a partner organization that they're
comfortable with that maybe they overlap
[14:01] with a little bit in their mission. And
then there is opportunity to to share a
[14:06] member. Um you want to make sure that
your goals are aligned um and then also,
[14:12] right, you're setting really clear
expectations ahead of time with that
[14:17] partner and on A, what what's going to
happen, you know, as far as when do you
[14:23] have this member, what are they going to
work on
[14:25] for you versus them, time frames, etc.
But it that is an option to um
[14:31] to assist with the cost if if there is a
partner that you'd like to potentially
[14:35] reach out to.
>> Does um extension do that? Do you know?
[14:39] » Um
they they could. I mean, I they would
[14:42] they would certainly be a qualifying um
organization if they were interested and
[14:48] um
had the funds to do so.
[14:50] » Yeah.
>> I think too, just just one thing to
[14:52] throw out there for consideration as you
make the choice, um just thinking
[14:56] through what you intend to have this
member do, is that something that would
[15:00] be beneficial from a four-year degree or
not? Um and not that it necessarily
[15:03] would, but just something um
just a factor in, you know, or or is
[15:08] there something, you know, where
on-the-job experience or some of that
[15:12] stuff is is perfectly acceptable um from
an education perspective or outreach
[15:18] component.
[15:20] » Yeah.
Yeah, I think that'd be a good idea. I
[15:23] mean, we could probably look at some
other organizations, too, but
[15:27] it just seems to me that extension would
be a perfect fit if they could do
[15:30] something, but
[15:35] I guess as far as the weed district's
concerned, we go ahead and
[15:38] apply,
get things rolling.
[15:42] You should have everything at least for
the Big Sky watershed.
[15:46] Shouldn't be that difficult, I wouldn't
think, to redo what we just had last
[15:50] year, so
that seemed to work out pretty well, so
[15:56] Yeah.
>> I I I think I'm following it. So, like,
[15:59] would Would the conservation district be
a could be a partner or
[16:02] » Mhm.
>> They could. Yeah, absolutely.
[16:05] I think the conservation district in the
past, when I used to be involved with
[16:08] this program, um, teamed up with like
the Lake Helena watershed group, and I
[16:14] think there might have even been like a
trifecta, or something that like three
[16:18] people came in to to share one member.
Perfect, but that member was housed, I
[16:21] think, at the conservation district.
>> I could see the education I think they
[16:27] they'd like to pursue that, too.
>> Yeah.
[16:30] Yeah, I think so. I mean, there's
probably some more possibilities out
[16:34] there than we're thinking about, but I'm
not sure, so.
[16:38] Okay.
Okay. Um,
[16:43] so,
September 8th, um, UQC is meeting again,
[16:48] final time, I guess, um, supposedly.
Um, I just got this today before I came.
[16:54] I'll I'll send you guys a copy of it,
but this is the draft bill for
[16:59] um, what they've proposed to send in to
legislature, see if anybody's going to
[17:05] carry this bill. I
I believe, um,
[17:09] UQC
will
[17:13] probably support that bill. Yeah.
We We're still working on the whole
[17:19] funding issue of it. Um
but that's going to be a separate one
[17:23] anyway. So, um
[17:27] Anyway, uh for right now, it's
changes quite a bit from the biggest
[17:32] change in there is that we wanted to
have the the commission shall
[17:39] um
fund a weed coordinator and
[17:43] we've got blowback from Mako one and
that. So, what we're going to do is keep
[17:46] it as a main
um
[17:50] A big change in there is for all of the
revegetation plans that if somebody's
[17:54] going to do a project that they have to
have the weed plan in pri- in hand
[17:59] before they get started on their
project.
[18:02] Which makes sense instead of doing after
the fact stuff.
[18:06] So, and
there's quite a quite a list of people
[18:10] that we've put into there that need to
have those.
[18:14] It's just not a generalization anymore.
It's specific to
[18:18] some specific people. So, hopefully
that'll
[18:21] um
So, that may increase workload a little
[18:24] bit, too, but
we'll see how it goes. Um
[18:28] but I'll send this out to you guys so
you can take a look at it.
[18:31] Um I think we're on like 3:00 on
next Tuesday afternoon, something like
[18:37] that. So,
we'll see where it ends up, but I
[18:41] » Did your um
draft include making her
[18:46] asking the counties to have a program in
each county, yes, even if it's shared?
[18:51] » Right.
>> Okay.
[18:53] » Yeah, just a little bit stronger
language than what it used to be because
[18:55] it said that they could
like two counties or counties could do
[19:01] could share a coordinator, anyway.
And
[19:07] we just strengthened that a little bit
to say that they
[19:10] they need to have some kind of program
in place because we've got three or
[19:14] three counties right now that don't have
any coordinator at all.
[19:18] Which is pretty sad. So,
[19:22] especially in some of those smaller
counties where they don't have such a
[19:25] big weed infestation anyway. If you get
somebody out there doing it, you won't
[19:28] have a big weed infestation instead of
waiting until
[19:32] all hell breaks loose and
then you got
[19:35] » Do you know how fortunate we are to live
in Lewis and Clark County
[19:39] and be efficient
people, the government, the way things
[19:43] are run. I'm just I talked to some of
the other county commissioners and then
[19:47] it's all like,
"Really? You guys do that? How do you?"
[19:50] And I'm just
>> Common sense, huh?
[19:53] » Well, one of the things we have is CIP,
you know?
[19:57] And
people are
[20:00] they don't have it in
in Cascade County. And so, their
[20:05] budget's always a mess.
Our budget is pretty darn predictable
[20:09] because
And so, just
[20:13] Thank you, God, for letting me live in
Lewis and Clark.
[20:15] » [laughter]
[20:18] » Yeah, I agree with you.
>> Yeah.
[20:21] » Okay, that's all I really had. I'll let
you guys know what happens on the night
[20:25] on the 8th, but
I'm pretty sure EQC is going to run with
[20:30] this draft.
And we'll see where it goes, but
[20:34] » Do you know who might carry it?
>> It'd be one of them out of there,
[20:39] probably Curdy or somebody like that, I
would imagine.
[20:44] Um, I did have a went to my 50th
high school reunion a couple weeks ago
[20:51] and
one of the
[20:54] women girl women that used to be a
schoolmate,
[20:59] she married Tom McGillvray, who is
Senator Tom McGillvray.
[21:04] Got to play golf with him for nine
holes. Got to see her. I had to bring my
[21:07] cart with me. So,
he's on board now.
[21:11] » [laughter]
[21:15] » So,
um actually he's supposed to come this
[21:17] month and play some golf with me. So,
that
[21:19] we'll stop more weeds. But,
>> Maybe taking getting a golf cart and do
[21:23] a weed
>> Yeah, weed tour. Yeah,
[21:26] I'm sure.
Okay,
[21:29] uh no public comment, no public here.
>> And um the one more discussion item.
[21:33] » Okay.
>> Um the after trail head?
[21:36] » Oh, yeah. I meant to say that.
>> Yeah, okay.
[21:40] » Yeah, Lily was tentatively planning it
for
[21:44] uh September 17th.
>> Yep, September.
[21:47] » And
yeah, and she was wondering if there was
[21:51] a specific time that might work best for
anyone that was um going to come out or
[21:56] could come out to it. Um
so, it would be
[22:01] two weeks from tomorrow.
Um I think we were thinking maybe later
[22:06] in the day, like around
3:00 to 5:00 or 3:00 to 4:00.
[22:11] Um but, just wondering if any time works
or anything specific.
[22:19] » Yeah, and we were we were working with
Jenny and Roger on doing a uh
[22:25] county countywide um email for
volunteers if anybody that might be
[22:30] interested in coming to help us pull
some weeds. So,
[22:34] um
Yeah, so we're working with with what
[22:38] » Earlier that day.
>> I I talked something about isn't
[22:41] something 4-H should get behind. And
during the fair, I talked to one of the
[22:47] ladies who works with 4-H. Oh, yeah, we
have program.
[22:51] But,
couldn't
[22:55] weed pulling be incorporated into their
program? Do they
[22:59] How would we get them to cooperate with
this?
[23:02] » We would work with the extension agent.
Um
[23:05] I don't recall if Alyssa is still there.
I haven't been on um
[23:11] the fairgrounds or the MSU extension's
website as of late.
[23:15] Uh but yeah, it's just working with her
cuz she oversees that local program.
[23:19] Um
so we can definitely get them involved.
[23:22] The Adopt-a-Trailhead is um
really geared towards the adoptees
[23:27] hosting and participating. Um and trying
to have community outreach by including
[23:32] other people. So yeah.
So the board adopted this trailhead
[23:37] along with um FWP and
um Bridger Creek Parkland Trust. Yeah,
[23:42] so last time a few people showed up with
Bridger Creek Parkland Trust and Montana
[23:46] Wild is right there. Um so we're hoping
that people will come out this time.
[23:51] » Could we get flyers out? There's a lot
of people that walk those trails. Yeah,
[23:56] if we could get flyers where they could
see it or get it on a radio spot or
[24:02] » Yeah, we do have um a flyer from last
time so we can just reprint it with the
[24:07] updated date. Um
and then it will go out in the September
[24:11] newsletter that Lily will be doing. Um
about 120 subscribers to that currently,
[24:17] I think.
Um and then we can have her post some
[24:20] flyers around as well.
>> What about the trail ends?
[24:25] » Mhm.
>> Needless
[24:27] » Yeah.
That's where they start.
[24:31] We actually
>> Go ahead, Mark.
[24:33] » We actually had several people talk to
us while we were
[24:36] um down on our knees crawling through
the
[24:39] to the weeds.
So
[24:42] » Yeah, there's some great um locations
out there to put some signage.
[24:47] » We were talking about we If we don't
have our spray crew to assist like we
[24:51] did last fall, um would an evening time
be more effective potentially to get
[24:55] other volunteers or
just gathering thoughts on what you all
[24:58] think about um what what the best time
would be for a fall pull.
[25:05] » I think later today is probably makes
more sense. It doesn't interfere as much
[25:09] with work because this is a the 17th is
what else? Thursday?
[25:17] » That's right. We're sort of thinking
like
[25:19] like to start the week like start
pulling weeds between, you know, 3:00,
[25:23] 4:00, 5:00, you know, so you can find
5:00 to 6:00.
[25:27] You know, 4:00 5:00, something like
that. So that way people, you know,
[25:31] hopefully, you know, thinking of anybody
from the county wants to participate,
[25:34] they can sort of
you know, spend that time at the end of
[25:38] the day and then be able to go home
after that kind of kind of thing versus
[25:42] doing it on the lunch break or something
like that.
[25:47] » Is there a school that's
that we've been working with that we
[25:52] could drop with
probably not enough time for them to
[25:55] plan.
[25:58] » Yeah, that would be a whole
working with their superintendent, I
[26:02] would assume, and then working with the
teacher and then finding a bus and Yeah,
[26:07] that would
>> Do you realize that
[26:11] the county has a separate superintendent
than the city?
[26:16] And she is way more friendly to
our
[26:22] more country school situations.
>> And that woman is a problem-solving
[26:27] center.
[26:29] » So, have you contacted her?
>> No, each
[26:33] each school outside of here has their
own superintendent. So, we've reached
[26:38] out to Lincoln and Augusta in the past.
But yeah, not fully here yet.
[26:43] » Um Canyon Creek,
Warren,
[26:47] Wolf Creek. They're those are the
country schools and I'm thinking that
[26:52] those kids are more likely to be
aware of weeds than
[26:59] the city kids.
>> I think yes, I agree. Yeah. Working with
[27:03] the community locally,
um
[27:06] specific to Helena, since this is a
Helena trail, might be a little easier
[27:11] than trying to identify areas out there
like the kind of quick area.
[27:14] » Yes.
>> To then host a future pull your share
[27:16] event. It's a really good idea.
>> I think as we as we continue to host
[27:20] this, that's certainly something we
could consider for spring. Um we will
[27:24] with a little bit more time to plan and
and potentially get a an educator that
[27:28] might be
uh willing to do that.
[27:32] » How easy are the weeds to identify in
the spring?
[27:36] I mean, I identify them. I look at the
flower, but they don't flower
[27:40] in April.
>> Right.
[27:42] I mean, April. I think we we might just
need a little bit more time to try to
[27:46] pull it at school.
>> Okay.
[27:48] » Two weeks probably should be quite I
don't know.
[27:51] We can get there, I think, in the
future.
[27:53] » When I see Helena's time, I mean,
I think that's
[27:56] » Good.
>> It's a long
[27:57] » Yeah, probably.
>> Ooh, there it is.
[28:00] » Just got some flyers. I'll see if we can
keep I got the other one.
[28:03] Here we go. One. Yeah, we'll be talking
about it at the farmers market as well.
[28:08] Yes.
>> Hey, we can get the the school-age child
[28:11] care camp that runs in the summer.
>> Oh, yeah.
[28:14] » They got transportation. I think we just
bus all those kids down there and have
[28:18] them pull weeds.
>> We're having a school.
[28:21] » Yeah.
>> I'm going to
[28:23] » We need to get some We need to get some
fence.
[28:25] » Yeah.
>> Keep them out of the lake.
[28:28] » Right.
>> [laughter]
[28:29] » I'll have more Chevron.
[28:34] » Okay.
Where's Lillian, did you say?
[28:36] » She is on vacation visiting the family.
>> Got you.
[28:39] » Yeah, it's a back to Missouri today.
>> All right, we'll let her take a break.
[28:45] » [laughter]
>> But I will get flyers going.
[28:49] I think that I can start even
distributing some.
[28:51] » Okay.
>> Yes.
[28:54] » Okay.
Uh so, the next meeting is for the 16th
[28:57] at 3:00. Um
assuming that we have
[29:02] a quorum.
Yeah, check before that.
[29:05] You want to
>> Yeah, Mike already said he won't be
[29:07] there, so that's
So, that's one.
[29:11] » Um
I'm not sure. I'll make sure I reach out
[29:15] to Neil again. Turn on P has a class at
that time. I don't want to I think so I
[29:19] think he was at a conference at the last
one. So, something to do with the
[29:22] beginning of school
>> Right.
[29:24] » starting.
>> So,
[29:25] » Um anyways, yeah.
>> Okay. Yeah, see if we can
[29:29] put it together. If not,
Um right now, we only have two new
[29:34] cases.
Um we only have two new cases.
[29:38] Um but, that's
we still have a
[29:41] the three that we sent to that we'll be
sending on compliance to as well, so
[29:47] » Yeah.
>> Five five plus 18
[29:50] 18, so I think that's six.
Six cases possibly on the next
[29:57] on the next board meeting.
>> Okay.
[30:00] So,
[30:03] the next meeting after that is October
7th, which you
[30:08] weed control association is going to
meet in Libby.
[30:11] And having a fall weed coordinator
meeting up there at that time, so
[30:16] It should be a I got to go to that, but
it should be able to get online and be
[30:21] here for 7:00.
>> I'm also a board member, but I'll see
[30:26] I'll see what we got.
>> Okay.
[30:27] » I'll see what I got going on.
And what we got going on here.
[30:33] » Okay. Uh any other thing for the next
meeting, anybody?
[30:39] Okay.
>> Um it'll be here again, and then mostly
[30:43] just non-compliant stuff, I suppose.
Okay.
[30:48] I need a motion to adjourn.
>> So moved.
[30:51] » And adjourned. Thanks, guys.
[30:55] » Did Nellie get a chance to go through my
edits?
[30:58] » She did, yes. She's done all of the
edits. And and she's sending out
[31:03] sections of it, including multiple
people on there, and but I didn't make
[31:07] corrections on this.
So, it's it appears that the the
[31:12] Department of Agriculture has sent that